This is the second guest post by noted writer and blogger Mariah Burton Nelson. It’s an honor to feature a respected author and thinker like Mariah. We’re delighted she’s thinking a lot about her swimming now, and making connections between her TI practice and how she goes about the rest of her day. In A Splash-Free Life, Mariah wrote […]
Posts Tagged ‘yoga and swimming’
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 16th, 2014
In the NY Times Magazine piece, Breathing In Vs. Spacing Out writer Dan Hurley describes the importance of balancing two types of thinking for optimal brain health. Hurley reports that the psychologist Amishi Jha used meditation to train United States Marines for mental resilience in a combat zone. (Are you surprised to learn this? I’m […]
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 30th, 2012
How I solved the first test in my first resolution.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 23rd, 2012
While there are 12 or more ‘schools’ of yoga and 50 or more of martial arts, the only ‘school’ of swimming is Total Immersion.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 13th, 2012
TI Swimming has all the mental and spiritual benefits of yoga, is even better for you physically, and is risk-free. Combining TI with sound practice of yoga is the BEST way to age healthfully.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 2nd, 2010
Yoga teachers regularly remind us to smile – and it works. My yoga improves when I smile. In recent months I’ve learned smiling improves my swimming too.